Procurement Manager - Indirect

Responsibilities

You will develop and execute category and sourcing strategies while managing end-to-end procurement activities for indirect goods and services. Additionally, you will influence senior stakeholders and lead supplier negotiations to deliver commercial value across the organization.

Requirements

The ideal candidate is an experienced procurement professional with a strong background in category management and stakeholder engagement within complex, matrixed organizations. A degree-level qualification is required, and CIPS certification is highly desirable.

Skills

• Category management
• Procurement
• Sourcing strategies
• Stakeholder engagement
• Negotiation
• Supplier management
• Commercial analysis
• Technology procurement
• Professional services procurement
• Corporate services procurement
• Governance
• Strategic sourcing
• Data analysis
• Matrix organization management

Benefits

• Performance related bonus
• Flexible benefits package
• Generous annual leave
• Birthday leave
• Private medical insurance
• Health cash plans
• Family-friendly policies

About this role

Company Description
This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working with a need to travel to supplier sites and CityFibre locations when required.
As the UK’s largest independent full fibre network and wholesale platform of choice, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.
Our network is greener, more reliable and designed for the future. The products we run over it lead the way on speed, value and service - helping businesses to innovate, communities to thrive, and people to live more connected digital lives.
At CityFibre, you’ll be part of something bigger, helping to build a better-connected Britain, together.
Job Description
Joining us as a Purchasing Manager
As a Procurement Manager, you will shape category strategies, influence senior stakeholders and deliver commercial value across a diverse portfolio of Enterprise Indirect goods and services in a fast-paced, transformation-focused environment. Categories may include Technology (Hardware, Software/SaaS), Professional Services, HR, Marketing, Finance, Legal and other corporate services spend.
You’ll receive a competitive salary, and a performance related bonus.
This is some of what you can expect to be doing:
Developing category and sourcing strategies
Influencing commercial decisions across the business
Running end-to-end procurement activities
Leading supplier engagement and negotiations
Analysing market and supplier performance data
Improving procurement processes and governance
What you’ll bring to the role
You'll be an experienced procurement professional with strong commercial, category management and stakeholder engagement skills, gained across multiple Enterprise Indirect spend areas within a complex organisation. Experience across Technology, Professional Services or Corporate Services categories would be particularly valuable.
You’ll also have:
Significant procurement and category management experience
Experience developing and delivering sourcing strategies across indirect spend categories
Strong negotiation and supplier management skills
The ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
Experience using commercial data to support decision-making
Broad procurement experience across multiple categories, ideally including Technology, Software/SaaS, Professional Services, HR, Legal, Finance, Marketing or Corporate Services
Experience operating within a complex, matrixed organisation with multiple stakeholders
Life at CityFibre
Everyone deserves to feel heard, valued and truly included. Working alongside our Employee Communities, we’re committed to creating a workplace where people feel a genuine sense of belonging and pride in what they do. That’s why we’re proud to be a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality, endorsed by WORK180, a Disability Confident Leader, a Care Leaver Friendly Employer, and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.
We’ll support you to thrive inside and outside of work, with opportunities to grow your career and a flexible benefits package that adapts to your life – including generous annual leave (with an extra day off on your birthday), private medical insurance, health cash plans and family‑friendly policies.
Find out more about our culture, communities and benefits on our careers site.
Qualifications
Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business or a related discipline
CIPS Level 5 or above, or working towards - desirable
Additional Information
We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [email protected]. We want to help!

Division: Supply Chain & Supplier Performance

About CityFibre

Telecommunications · 1,001-5,000 employees · headquartered in London · founded 2011